3D Printing Service

The media and press will have you believe that 3D Printing is a new technology. However, it’s been around for 30 years, invented by 3D System’s Chuck Hull. CRDM have been printing for almost 20 years in High Wycombe, making us recognised experts in this field.

3D printing offers an alternative way of prototyping and low volume manufacturing; the key benefits are making parts quicker than traditional methods of manufacturing, thereby shortening the design cycle as well as possibility reducing costs.

Examples of Sectors that use 3D Printing technology

automotive & auto sport

medical

aerospace

architects

designers

inventors

3D printing can be used in most industries that require tangible objects / tools

There are three ways that we can carry out 3D printing…

SLA (Stereolithography) where we cure photopolymer liquids with a laser to make parts, a popular 3d printing method.

Before we can print parts, we need to have 3D CAD. The main format is an STL file and this is the universal language that 3D printers read. STL files are simply sliced into layers and 3D printing will print each slice of the CAD, layer by layer, to make a complete part or component.

CRDM focus on the professional and production aspect of manufacture, running machines that only a few companies in the UK that have the skills and resources to operate.